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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 10

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted J.D. Haltigan

      This is another problem I am having. Experts telling me entirely different things. Counting calories is essential & not to count calories at all.https://twitter.com/JDHaltigan/status/972419752369901569 …

      Helen Pluckrose added,

      J.D. Haltigan @JDHaltigan
      Replying to @HPluckrose
      Well, at the risk of appearing arrogant, I'd trust a measurement scientist with a quantitative background who knows first hand that--absent metabolic disturbance--calories matter. (I bodybuild). I also have a background in endocrinology.
      13 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
    2. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      What does your instinct tell you? Should calories matter? Also, how do you define "expert."

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 10
      Replying to @JDHaltigan

      Yes, I am going with counterintuitive right now because this keto thing seems to work. The authorities on the keto diet. Medical scientists mostly.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      You will drop a lot of water on keto as carbs hold water. That said, you are likely also reducing your total calorie intake which is dependent to some degree on your drastic reduction in CHO. Note: I am in favor of low carbs as insulin is the most potent anti-lipolytic known.🧐

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 10
      Replying to @JDHaltigan

      It has also worked well to treat neurological conditions like mine. And it is helping that. Apparently, I just ate 1000 calories. My calorie controlled diet keeps me at 1500 a day. Breakfast is egg on toast at 350 calories.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Yes, empirical work last I checked generally (cumulatively) seemed to support its use in some neurological conditions (e.g., epilepsy). Off the cuff, have always hypothesized it has to do with brain glucose (sugar) as fuel feeding neurological phenotype.

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    7. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
      Replying to @JDHaltigan @HPluckrose

      @ 1500 total a day, you definitely should be dropping adipose tissue (not just weight). Google Harris-Benedict equation. Your basal prolly somewhere around 1700-1800 I might guess. Thus, a net diff 300/day. 3,500kcal = 1lb fat. Math from there as an 'estimate' for time.

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    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 10
      Replying to @JDHaltigan

      Yes, I understand calorie counting well. This is what I have always done. But I am very overweight and also quite active - dogwalking - so sticking to 1500 calories a day makes me lose 3-4lbs a week.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      so titrate accordingly. Also, you are certainly not losing 3-4lbs of adipose tissue a week. Sorry to be strident. But that is likely also fluid et al. So, if you are active, you need to figure that in to the balance :)

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 10
      Replying to @JDHaltigan

      It can't all be fluid. I lost 120lbs.

      2:57 AM - 10 Mar 2018
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        2. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I was referring to the 3-4/week. I am certain it was not all fluids in that 120 either. I am sure you are grinding. You grind in your other work :)

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 10
          Replying to @JDHaltigan

          Yes. I lost 3-4 lbs at first and then it gradually decreased to two as I lost weight. I don't know if it was all adipose tissue but cheat days made me put on 4lbs of water which took two days on diet to go away again.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 10
          Replying to @HPluckrose @JDHaltigan

          According to my fitbit, I burn off 4000 calories a day so if I eat 1500, this would seem to put me in a sufficient deficit to lose 3-4lbs a week?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          4000 calories/day? How many miles are you walking? That seems very high to me. Compare your fit bit with an online Harris-Benedict calculator for energy expenditure/day.

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 10
          Replying to @JDHaltigan

          15000 steps. I am very big tho.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I appreciate your frankness. At the difference you describe, yes, that is quite severe and you should be at a fairly rapid rate. Although 3-4 adipose/lbs/week (as opposed to weight) unlikely, and at that deficit you are driving hunger. But, play it out.

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        8. J.D. Haltigan‏ @JDHaltigan Mar 10
          Replying to @JDHaltigan @HPluckrose

          In the meantime, keep exposing the frauds you have been doing. I appreciate your work.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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